[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

I am playing Crusader Kings II. I am playing as a Zoroastrian dynasty in Northern Persia with the hope of defeating Islamic powers and restoring the Persian Empire.

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[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

Thank you. I made a lot of mistakes as an adolescent.

[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

I am happy to hear that! My anxiety medication seems to be working too.

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I heard my parents get this from their favorite right-wing talk show host. Apparently, not just any form of patriotism, but US patriotism in particular is "apolitical", and thus there is no issue with supporting it.

Note that these are the same people who will insist that the media is getting taken over by malicious people promoting a "woke" agenda but praise commercials which glorify the United States and its supposed values.

It goes without saying that being a patriot for the United States out of all other countries is political, especially given the current regime. Being a "patriot" who supports the establishment in the US is no different from being the same in Nazi Germany.

[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Back in late 2024, I felt the same way. I had my first panic attack and I felt like I was dying, and was in a state of panic and extreme health anxiety for weeks afterwards. For me, life is worth living because you have the unique opportunity as a revolutionary to make the life of those around you better by fighting the fight to abolish capitalist wage slavery. That is what kept me from harming myself, and that might be appealing to you too.

May I ask, how long have you felt like this?

[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

It is one thing to recognize the system is problematic. It is another to want to meaningfully change it.

[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I wonder if anyone here has heard of that computer platform.

[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I mostly play (really) old games, including Rastan, Wolfenstein 3D, and Another World for my Apple IIGS.

[-] Wisconcom@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago

The amount of mental gymnastics conservatives go through to support their favorite rich pedophiles is absurd. A conservative family member literally reacted to me talking about Trump's involvement in the Epstein files by saying "so what?"

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